Good to see there are other people interested in the Purnell family!
I have been trying to learn more about the ancestry of a Mary Caroline Lucy Purnell who married a Robert Pitkethley in Sydney, Australia in 1885. She was commonly known as Lucy, and was the daughter of Charles Henry Purnell and Sarah Ann Clegg. Charles and Sarah were married at Newington, Surrey in 1837 and lived ar Southwark, Surrey before emigrating to New Zealand some time before 1858 when Lucy was born.
Charles was not born in Surrey, according to the 1841 census. I wonder if he might have been one of the Gloucestershire Purnells?
I have found two other Purnell families living in Surrey around the same time. I suspect these families are related to each other, but no evidence yet.
Does anyone have any knowledge of, or interest in, the Surrey and the New Zealand Purnells? I will be glad to share what I have.
Rex